Russia wants to be able to inspect Ukraine-bound ships following its withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal, the country’s deputy foreign minister has said.
It comes after both Moscow and Kyiv announced that they will treat ships traveling to each other’s ports as potential military targets.
Moscow said the attack on the Kerch Bridge came from Odesa.
In a statement, the FSB said the individuals helped load 22 tons of explosives into a truck in the Ukrainian city of Odesa. The vehicle then went through several other countries before entering Russia and exploding on the Kerch bridge Saturday morning, killing several people and briefly rendering the bridge unusable.
“We have to make sure that the ship is not carrying something bad, it means a request, inspection, if necessary, to make sure that this is the case or not,” Sergei Vershinin said.
“There is no longer a maritime humanitarian corridor; now there are, perhaps, zones of increased military danger.”
The media reporting and comments from John Kirby made it seem as if the threat only came from Russia. Yet Sky News reported Russia made a request.
Russia suspended the grain deal and then announced it would consider all ships proceeding “to Ukrainian ports in Black Sea waters to be potential carriers of military cargo, even if they are trying to pick up grain and food to be able to feed people around the world,” John Kirby said.
Communications coordinator John Kirby said Russia is falsely trying to blame Ukraine for sea mines that Russia itself planted, releasing a video of a detonation it claimed was from a Ukrainian mine.
Kirby said the U.S. found it important to declassify and publicly share the information to warn that the Black Sea waters “are now more dangerous than they were before for civilian shipping, and that’s because of one party and one party only: and that’s Russia.”
How can we believe anything Kirby says? He has lied so many times.
Earlier Thursday, the U.S. also announced additional sanctions against Russia to limit its military capabilities further.
Unsurprisingly, Ukraine calls on all countries of the Free World to join “international patrols in the Black Sea” for the export of grain.
Reuters reports:
The United States is “deeply concerned” about Russian attacks in the Black Sea, the White House said Thursday.
“We’re deeply concerned about what we’re seeing in the Black Sea right now,” Olivia Dalton, White House deputy press secretary, told reporters on Air Force One, citing three straight days of Russian attacks on port cities and indications Russia could attack civilian ships in the area.
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The big difference is Ukraine doesn’t have a Navy, good luck with your “sea battle” with no ships. The Grain Deal fell apart because the EU, who btw is the largest recipient of Ukraine grain….failed to hold up their end of the negotiated deal.
This is all the EU’s fault, not Russia’s.
Things are getting jiggety in Damascus, in case you missed it…
The Black Sea is the most likely place this war escalates. Russia already won in Ukraine on the ground.
Entrance to the Sea must go through both the Dardanelles (0.7 miles wide) and Bosporus (0.4 miles wide). Russia is able to track anything entering or leaving. Russia is dominant in that Sea. The USA would be crazy to enter it. But, the USA is crazy. If Russia can destroy the Ukraine navy, using mostly air power, the battle of the Black Sea is over.
The Ukraine damaged that Kerch bridge, a big hit. But in response Russia destroyed the Odessa port remotely. It is a good hunch that whatever attack Ukraine does will be met with a huge response.
There’s just no end to “poking the bear”
Biden and Zelensky are discussing the supply of ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine, the decision will be up to the president, US national security adviser Sullivan said.
US is ready to “take risks” in the issue of supplying new weapons to Ukraine, but take into account the reaction of the Russian Federation when making decisions – White House
Different My ASS! Ukraine has been shelling Donetsk with cluster bombs on numerous occasions, using petal mines. Kids have lost limbs on account of “America”. Who the hell does Graham think he is. WE are arming Ukraine WITH cluster bombs. I don’t know When this aired.
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Graham NOW!
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